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Drink up to improve your performance!

By Camille Smith / October 16, 2014

“Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” So says the speaker in Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner remarking about a sailor on a becalmed ship surrounded by salt water that he cannot drink. By extension, these lines are used to describe a situation in which someone is in the midst of plenty…

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What’s in your compass?

By Camille Smith / May 13, 2013

Hear any of these lately? We value integrity. People before profits. Teamwork. Responsibility. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Zero waste. Value diversity. Think Global, Act Local.  These are samples of guiding principles which, whether spoken out loud or not, influence behavior. Guiding principles exist at many levels – individual,…

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What's in your compass?

By Camille Smith / May 13, 2013

Hear any of these lately? We value integrity. People before profits. Teamwork. Responsibility. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Zero waste. Value diversity. Think Global, Act Local.  These are samples of guiding principles which, whether spoken out loud or not, influence behavior. Guiding principles exist at many levels – individual,…

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Are you measuring the past or the future?

By Camille Smith / September 2, 2010

What you have your attention on gets attended to. Peter Drucker reminds us: “People think they measure what they get. In fact, they get what they measure.” What are your measures getting you?  Are the numbers numbing your staff or inspiring innovation?  Do the measures maintain a comfortable zone or create the possibility for the…

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Get Good at Change: Things To Do (and un-do)

By Camille Smith / July 14, 2010

Regardless of what business you are in, in today’s economic whirlwind, if you aren’t good at change and adapting, you are probably having a tougher time than those people who are. It’s time to get good at change. Here are some beginning steps: 1.    Make a declaration. Say what you are committed to accomplishing. Don’t…

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“Go ahead! Do it your way!”

By Camille Smith / June 10, 2010

When anyone said this to me when I was kid, I also heard what they didn’t say out loud, but clearly was part of their message: “… and see if I care if you do it wrong and fail and waste your time and look goofy, and, and….” Whew, thank goodness, those days are over,…

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